Definition of "Germanic"

(linguistics) The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.  examples

(linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.  examples

Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).  examples

(linguistics) Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.  examples

Having German characteristics.  examples

(history) A native of Germania.